Red Laird
# Red Laird

Greene Flake "Red" Laird (December 16, 1902 – April 10, 1992) was an American college basketball and baseball coach. He is best known for being Virginia Tech's head baseball coach for 30 seasons and compiling the second most wins in program history through the 2013 season (343). He was inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1971, and into the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 1983. The home dugout at Virginia Tech's home baseball venue, English Field, is named in his honor. Laird also coached the men's basketball and baseball teams at Virginia Tech, Catawba College, and Davidson College as well as the freshman football team at Davidson. Laird attended Davidson between 1922–23 and 1925–26. While there he earned 12 varsity letters – four each in football, basketball and baseball.

## Head coaching record

### Basketball

Statistics overview :

| Season | Team | Overall | Conference |
| - | - | - | - |
| Catawba Indians (Little Six Conference) (1926–1928) ||||||
| 1926–27 | Catawba | 6–15 | 1–9 |
| 1927–28 | Catawba | 8–12 | 4–8 |
| Catawba: | Catawba: | 14–27 | 5–17 |
| Davidson Wildcats (Independent) (1931–1936) ||||||
| 1931–32 | Davidson | 3–12 | |
| 1932–33 | Davidson | 4–14 | |
| 1933–34 | Davidson | 6–13 | |
| 1934–35 | Davidson | 13–10 | |
| 1935–36 | Davidson | 4–15 | |
| Davidson Wildcats (Southern Conference) (1936–1937) ||||||
| 1936–37 | Davidson | 13–10 | 5–8 |
| Davidson: | Davidson: | 43–74 | 5–8 |
| Virginia Tech Hokies (Independent) (1947–1955) ||||||
| 1947–48 | Virginia Tech | 14–9 | |
| 1948–49 | Virginia Tech | 10–13 | |
| 1949–50 | Virginia Tech | 16–9 | |
| 1950–51 | Virginia Tech | 19–10 | |
| 1951–52 | Virginia Tech | 4–16 | |
| 1952–53 | Virginia Tech | 4–19 | |
| 1953–54 | Virginia Tech | 3–24 | |
| 1954–55 | Virginia Tech | 7–20 | |
| Virginia Tech: | Virginia Tech: | 77–120 | |
| Total: | Total: | 134–221 | |

### Baseball

Statistics overview :

| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Catawba Indians (Independent) (1927–1928) ||||||
| 1927 | Catawba | 10–13–1 | | | |
| 1928 | Catawba | 5–9 | | | |
| Catawba: | Catawba: | 15–22–1 | | | |
| Davidson Wildcats (Independent) (1932–1939) ||||||
| 1932 | Davidson | 6–11 | | | |
| 1933 | Davidson | 15–6 | | | |
| 1934 | Davidson | 3–13 | | | |
| 1935 | Davidson | 5–11 | | | |
| 1936 | Davidson | 2–18 | | | |
| 1937 | Davidson | 6–17 | | | |
| 1938 | Davidson | 8–8 | | | |
| 1939 | Davidson | 6–11 | | | |
| Davidson: | Davidson: | 51–95 | | | |
| Virginia Tech Hokies (Independent) (1940–1943) ||||||
| 1940 | Virginia Tech | 7–5 | | | |
| 1941 | Virginia Tech | 6–10 | | | |
| 1942 | Virginia Tech | 10–5–1 | | | |
| 1943 | Virginia Tech | 4–8 | | | |
| Virginia Tech Hokies (Southern Conference) (1948–1965) ||||||
| 1948 | Virginia Tech | 14–8–1 | 6–4 | 5th | |
| 1949 | Virginia Tech | 10–11 | 5–7 | 10th | |
| 1950 | Virginia Tech | 13–9 | 8–2 | 1st (North) | SoCon tournament |
| 1951 | Virginia Tech | 8–11 | | | |
| 1952 | Virginia Tech | 4–9 | 3–6 | 7th | |
| 1953 | Virginia Tech | 6–7 | 4–5 | 4th | |
| 1954 | Virginia Tech | 14–8 | 10–4 | 1st | NCAA District III playoffs |
| 1955 | Virginia Tech | 13–8 | 8–4 | 3rd | |
| 1956 | Virginia Tech | 9–12 | 7–7 | 6th | |
| 1957 | Virginia Tech | 9–12 | 8–7 | 4th | |
| 1958 | Virginia Tech | 9–11–1 | 6–7 | 6th | |
| 1959 | Virginia Tech | 12–7 | 9–5 | 4th | |
| 1960 | Virginia Tech | 10–9 | 7–6 | 5th | |
| 1961 | Virginia Tech | 9–15 | 7–6 | 4th | |
| 1962 | Virginia Tech | 11–6 | 7–5 | 4th | |
| 1963 | Virginia Tech | 14–7 | 10–1 | 2nd | |
| 1964 | Virginia Tech | 12–10 | 9–6 | 4th | |
| 1965 | Virginia Tech | 10–13 | 5–11 | 7th | |
| Virginia Tech Hokies (Independent) (1966–1973) ||||||
| 1966 | Virginia Tech | 10–6 | | | |
| 1967 | Virginia Tech | 14–10 | | | |
| 1968 | Virginia Tech | 17–9–1 | | | |
| 1969 | Virginia Tech | 27–7 | | | NCAA District III playoffs |
| 1970 | Virginia Tech | 15–11 | | | |
| 1971 | Virginia Tech | 16–10 | | | |
| 1972 | Virginia Tech | 15–11 | | | |
| 1973 | Virginia Tech | 15–10 | | | |
| Virginia Tech: | Virginia Tech: | 343–275–4 | | | |
| Total: | Total: | 409–392–5 | | | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||

* ↑ The top two teams in each division were invited to the SoCon Tournament. The North Division was composed of 7 teams, while the South had 9.
